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Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

Introduced: February 19, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 6, 2019
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Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act

This bill instructs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the posthumous presentation of a Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of Aretha Franklin in recognition of her outstanding artistic and historical significance to the culture of the United States.

Following the award of the medal, it shall be given to the Smithsonian Institution, where it shall be displayed as appropriate and made available for research.

What's happening now February 6, 2019

Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 45
All 45 Democratic 36 Republican 2
JOHNSON, EDDIE
· Nov 12, 2019
Butterfield, G. K.
· Oct 1, 2019
CUMMINGS, ELIJAH
· Mar 8, 2019
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Mar 8, 2019
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Mar 8, 2019
CLAY, WM.
· Feb 19, 2019
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Feb 19, 2019
 D
Kelly, Robin L.
Illinois · Feb 19, 2019
LEWIS, JOHN
· Feb 19, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Feb 19, 2019
 D
Underwood, Lauren
Illinois · Feb 19, 2019
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Feb 6, 2019
 R
Cole, Tom
Oklahoma · Feb 6, 2019
Collins, Doug
· Feb 6, 2019
Collins, Chris
· Feb 6, 2019
 D
Dingell, Debbie
Michigan · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Khanna, Ro
California · Feb 6, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 6, 2019
 R
Moolenaar, John R.
Michigan · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Veasey, Marc A.
Texas · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 6, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 6, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1003: Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1003/
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"H.R. 1003: Aretha Franklin Congressional Gold Medal Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1003/.
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H.R. 1003, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1003/.
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